Barwon Park

From Wikipedia

Barwon Park is a large nineteenth-century bluestone mansion and pastoral estate located outside of Winchelsea, in the Surf Coast Shire of Victoria, Australia. Constructed between 1869 and 1871 for prominent pastoralist Thomas Austin and his wife Elizabeth Austin, the house is regarded as one of the finest surviving examples of a Italianate rural mansion in Victoria's Western District. The infestation of European rabbits across Australia originated from Thomas Austin's decision to release a dozen of them into the wild for hunting purposes in 1859. Barwon Park was added to the Victorian Heritage Register on 9 October 1974. Bequeathed to the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) in 1975, the mansion is owned and managed by the National Trust, operating as a house museum open to the public.

From Winchelsea centre

1.1 km · 17 min walk

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